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...Although its sound quality was noticeably inferior, Belkin?s TuneStage did get one thing right-it drew juice from the iPod?s own battery, so its streaming adapter was smaller and didn?t need to be charged. The Logitech adapter?s universality has a drawback: it has its own battery, which must be charged. You get around 8 hours of life per charge, though, and you can charge it while playing, so it?s not the kiss of death...
...drawback, as with all new tech toys, is the price. Verizon, which spent $1 billion to upgrade its lines and now offers the service in more than 50 cities, charges $80 a month, along with a one-time hardware fee of $150, occasionally minus rebates or company discounts. Sprint launched its EV-DO service in some airports and business areas this summer, hoping to cover 60 cities by mid-2006, while Cingular and T-Mobile are offering their 3G variations, with smaller coverage areas, slower speeds and other disadvantages. On the plus side: you'll save money on expensive coffee...
Although the interferon sprays caused irritation and minor nasal bleeding about 10% of the time, the main drawback of the treatment is likely to be price. Schering will not discuss the current cost of its interferon, but according to a spokesman, the company hopes "to have the product at an affordable level after FDA approval," which could take months or even years to obtain. Unless the price of interferon drops substantially, its most practical use may be to protect those most endangered by colds: people with asthma, cancer patients whose resistance is low and the elderly...
...course, the Sandinistas already have an inclination to go after their neighbors. That is the principal drawback of the fourth option, which is to keep the contra campaign going long enough to bring about a diplomatic solution. Like their mentor in Moscow, Soviet-style regimes are generically determined at least to neutralize, better yet to destabilize, and ideally to communize other states. They wage war abroad, either outright or by more covert means, for the same reason that they oppress internal opposition: because it is opposition, and because they are totalitarian. Genuine live-and-let-live peaceful coexistence...
CELLBOOST A battery plugs into the phone for 60 minutes of power. The drawback: must be chucked after...